Psalms 52

lamnatseakh maskil ledavid

For the leader. A maskil of David,

bevo do'eg ha'adomi vayyagged lesha'ul vayyomer lo ba david el-bet akhimelekh

when Doeg the Edomite came and informed Saul, telling him, “David came to Ahimelech’s house.”

mah-ttithallel bera'ah haggibbor khesed el kol-hayyom

Why do you boast of your evil, brave fellow? God’s faithfulness never ceases.

havvot takhshov leshonekha keta'ar meluttash oseh remiyyah

Your tongue devises mischief, like a sharpened razor that works treacherously.

ahavta ra mittov sheqer middabber tsedeq selah

You prefer evil to good, the lie, to speaking truthfully. Selah.

ahavta khol-divre-vala leshon mirmah

You love all pernicious words, treacherous speech.

gam-el yittotskha lanetsakh yakhtekha veyissakhakha me'ohel veshereshkha me'erets khayyim selah

So God will tear you down for good, will break you and pluck you from your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

veyiru tsaddiqim veyira'u ve'alayw yiskhaqu

The righteous, seeing it, will be awestruck; they will jibe at you, saying,

hinneh haggever lo yasim elohim ma'uzzo vayyivtakh berov oshro ya'oz behavvato

“Here was a fellow who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in his great wealth, relied upon his mischief.”

va'ani kezayit ra'anan bevet elohim batakhti vekhesed-elohim olam va'ed

But I am like a thriving olive tree in God’s house; I trust in the faithfulness of God forever and ever.

odekha le'olam ki asita va'aqavveh shimkha khi-tov neged khasidekha

I praise You forever, for You have acted; I declare that Your name is good in the presence of Your faithful ones.